Movie Piracy Dogs Strike Again!
August 4, 2007Who calls August the ‘dog days’ of summer? Flo and Lucky, the black labs of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), have struck again!
Working undercover in Malaysia, “the world’s first dogs trained to sniff optical disks” snagged illegal copies of Pirates of the Caribbean, Spiderman-3, Transformers, The Simpsons Movie, and Hot Fuzz (apparently a much bigger hit in Southeast Asia than here.) They helped local law enforcement seize DVD replicators capable of cranking out 10 million pirated DVDs a year. Four pirates were also detained.
“They were able to mask the true nature of their operations by masquerading as a factory producing fertilizers. 300 sacks of fertilizer were piled outside the premises in an attempt to camouflage their illegal activities. They were however unable to fool the dogs.”
Yes, something smells here. But it’s not those gleaming black Labs.
